Friday, 10 November 2017

The mother of the late Lawrenta Uloko, a final-year student of Auchi
Polytechnic in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, who was
killed by a stray bullet, has said she was still in shock over the death
of her daughter.

Mrs. Eunice Uloko told journalists that, though, her late daughter
had been buried at her hometown in Fugar, the pain from the loss would
be difficult to forget as she (Lawrenta) was a promising child.

The deceased, a Higher National Diploma student of the Department of
Banking and Finance was on November 3 was killed by a stray bullet from
the gun held by a member of a vigilance group.

Lawrenta was said to have joined other graduating students at a party
to celebrate the completion of their final examinations while some
local vigilantes were invited to provide security during the
celebration.

It was learnt that the gun held by one of the vigilantes had failed
to release any bullet when he shot into the air during the party.

Tragedy, however, struck when the gun discharged and hit the victim
as he lowered it in an attempt to find out what had gone wrong.

The vigilante member was said to have been taken into custody by the police while investigation was ongoing.

Mrs. Uloko explained, “It was a sad news to me because I know what
she would have become in future. She called me and was so happy that she
had graduated. She told me not to worry and that when she comes home,
we would celebrate with the family.

“I wanted to go but I asked my last child to go and support her and she left. After we had discussed, the next I heard was my other
daughter at home calling me that I should call Lawrenta and when I
called, they told me she was shot dead.”

The grieving mother described her late daughter as a kind-hearted child who always wanted her to be happy.

“I will miss her care for me because whenever she was going back to
school after the holiday, she would give me one of her T-shirts. Now
that she is gone, she will no longer drop her shirt, ear ring or
slippers for me.“Every December, she bought hair attachments for me so that I would
look nice during the (Christmas) celebration. It is painful to lose her
and I do not know how I will cope. I live everything to God because only
Him will console me.”